Agreement of Specific Lung Sounds Auscultation by Veterinarians for the Detection of Bronchopneumonia in Calves.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung auscultation is a common method for the routine diagnosis of calf bronchopneumonia. However, its repeatability among operators has been criticized.

Objective

Determine agreement among veterinarians for specific lung sounds after a short tutorial to standardize the definition of lung sounds.

Animals

Forty lung sounds from a larger dataset collected at 4 veal calf farms that housed 495-815 animals were submitted online to 10 different veterinarians.

Methods

After a short tutorial on lung sound auscultation, the raters were asked to detect the presence of any abnormal sounds and to differentiate among wheezes, crackles, and bronchial sounds. Raw percentage of agreement (PA), Gwet's agreement coefficient type 1 (AC1), Krippendorff's alpha (K_a</

SUBMITTER: Princisval L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12361349 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature